It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Richmond said the pandemic has been "devastating" for the 12-year-old company that has drawn more than 100,000 audience members to its events and shows over the years. Victoria Theatre | 222 Main Street, Blossburg, PA 16912 | Phone (570) 638-3456 “Rialto Theatre to Close Tonight,” New York Times, 15 May 1935, 23. 1955 photo added via Al Ponte’s Time Machine-New York Facebook page. In the 1970’s, the Guild Theatres chain acquired the Victoria Theatre and renamed it the Embassy 5, being their fifth house in the Times Square area. Home to numerous successful legitimate shows in its first nearly two decades of operation. From I-75. Gregor Craigie spoke with Brian Richmond, the Artistic Director of Blue Bridge, about re-opening their productions to the public. Shorpy link with a 1949 photo. A three-act burletta titled The Reign of Error, featuring the comedy duo of the Rogers Brothers, christened the new stage and ran for at least fifty performances. To keep patrons and performers safe, the theatre capacity will be restricted to 50 people at a time, all practising physical distancing and following public health guidelines. Its first big hit was “Lightnin'” which opened on August 26, 1918 and ran for 1,291 performances. Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre will resume live productions in October and while online streaming is available, a maximum of 50 audience members will be able to attend in person. By the late-1970’s, however, it had closed. In the 1970’s, the Guild Theatres chain acquired the Victoria Theatre and renamed it the Embassy 5, being their fifth house in the Times Square area. of photos of the exterior, but it seems there are scant representations of the interior…. Seating a little over 800, the Gaiety Theatre was designed by the architectural firm of Herts & Tallant, the duo also behind the New Amsterdam Theatre, Liberty Theatre and Follies-Bergere Theatre (better known as the first Helen Hayes Theatre, and before that, the Fulton Theatre). [8], Roxy wasted no time in gutting the building and demolishing the Seventh-Avenue façade; the Rialto Theatre, a movie palace, opened soon thereafter. Upcoming performances include a series of Sunday afternoon musical performances starting Oct. 18, a re-creation of great historical debates beginning Oct. 22, select readings of an adaptation of Bram Stokers' Dracula from Oct. 29 to 31, and a one-man version of the classic Dickens' Christmas production opening Dec. 1. The Victoria Theatre (1899–1915) was a prominent American vaudeville house during the early years of the twentieth century. [5] Despite the shortcuts, the press warmly greeted the grand opening; The New York Times deemed the décor “warm and comfortable,” free of anything “grotesque.”[3]. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. In the four years that followed, Hammerstein presented ten other productions, one of which, a flop titled Sweet Music, was rumored to be of his own authorship. Address. Funny but the proscenium in this theater was larger than what it appears in that photo. By the late-1970’s, however, it had closed. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997, 41-43. This musical is based on the best-selling children's book “Pinkalicious” by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann. New York: Bonanza Books, 1961, 69. Be sure to click on View Full Size. 107 North Ludlow Street Dayton, Ohio 45402. In Pinkalicious The Musical, Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents.Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe - a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. He said the company relies on donations and ticket sale revenue to stay afloat and Blue Bridge needed to do something to survive. New Years Eve 1936 photo as Minsky’s Gayety added, courtesy of Al Ponte’s Time Machine – New York Facebook page. There will be no intermission and all programming is under 90 minutes. Willie took the drastic measure of turning the Victoria from legitimate theatre to vaudeville, and over the succeeding years, his risk proved tremendously profitable. Lost Broadway Theatres. Area Cooperative Educational Services, serves over 40 states operate Educational Service Agencies because of the financial benefits that are obtained through regional collaboration. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. Gaiety Theatre, Minsky's Gaiety Burlesque, Laffmovie Theatre, New Victoria Theatre, Embassy 5. Due to budgetary constraints, the building crew was forced to take several cost-saving measures: the walls were filled with debris from the site’s demolished structure, Gilley Moore’s Market Stables; once erected, the plastered walls remained largely unadorned; and second-hand theatre seats lined the rows of the house. Hammerstein’s bore the distinction of being one of the few vaudeville houses in the city to operate independently of the virtual monopoly that B. F. Keith and E. F. Albee enjoyed. I started going to the Victoria in the late ‘60s, and I recall that it had an unusual auditorium. [4], Undaunted by the failure of his massive Olympia Theatre, Hammerstein quickly secured the necessary funds to build the Victoria, purportedly named so in honor of his victory over his enemies. Nineteen years later, the entire structure was razed and replaced with offices, shops, and a smaller theater.

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